Back in university when I was in business school, I had a laboring job in the summer working at a milk processing plant. I ran filling machines, packed products in trays and on skids, sorted leaking milk packages, mixed products on the blender and basically did all the various jobs in the company’s production department. [...]

When you’re searching for a new job, have you ever approached trusted friends and former colleagues to refer you to a manager within their company to discuss a job opportunity with them? I’ve had occasions where people I know were looking for a new job and I offered to refer them to a manager I [...]

Something that I’ve found people often don’t do properly during their career is follow through with things to completion. One specific area is with referrals. I can think of numerous times where someone will ask me for help referring them to someone – which I’ll typically do – and then a few months later when [...]